School bus red lights — Maine Permit Test

In Maine, if you approach a stopped school bus with red lights flashing from either direction, you must stop to the front or rear of the bus and wait while children get on or off.

A child crossing in front of the bus steps into the lane of a driver who thought only cars behind must stop.

If you are approaching a stopped school bus from either direction, with its red lights flashing, you must bring your vehicle to a complete stop to the front or to the rear of the school bus and wait while children are getting on or off the bus.

After stopping for a school bus, you must not go on until the bus starts moving or the bus driver signals you to go.

Children often run back across the road after the last one seems to be off.

You must not proceed until the bus resumes motion or until signaled by the school bus driver to do so.

Maine's ban on passing a stopped school bus with red lights flashing covers school property, any undivided highway and parking areas.

Children get off buses in school lots too, and drivers there must stop just the same.

It is illegal to pass a stopped school bus with red lights flashing on school property, on any undivided highway or parking area in Maine.

A stopped school bus ahead has red lights flashing. Who must stop on an undivided road?

Drivers from either direction. A child crossing in front of the bus steps into the lane of a driver who thought only cars behind must stop. Maine Driver’s License Manual, p.68: “If you are approaching a stopped school bus from either direction, with its red lights flashing, you must bring your vehicle to a complete stop to the front or to the rear of the school bus and wait while children are getting on or off the bus.”